Species

Lactarius pallescens

Lactarius pallescens. Photo: (c) corndog, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Lactarius pallescens is a Western North American “milk-cap” mushroom, of which the milk turns violet when the flesh is damaged. The fungi generally identified as L. pallescens are part of a complex of closely related species and varieties which have a peppery taste and are difficult to delimit definitively, .

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Russulales
        Family: Russulaceae (Milkcaps, brittlegills and allies)
        Genus: Lactarius (Common milkcaps)
        Species: Lactarius pallescens

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